The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-30
AN AMERICAN IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
American In His Aspirations and Sim.
plicity-What 1t would have Eeen
with Blaine.
Editorial in the Nesc York Herald.

try to Senator Sherman's speech must
be disheartening to those republicans
who feel that there can be no assu-
red prosperity without q return OF
the republican party to power. Sem
ator Sherman is believed to be q Sc
rious person. There is nothing
about him Of that corruscating un-
certainty which is apt to astonlsh US
when we listen to Nlr. Blaine. He
is supposed to mean what he says or
at least TO impress mankind with the
conviction that he does, whichin poll
tics is the sane thing. To hear
voice of thunder in the North after
these cooing notes of harmony and
Cancellation in the Sonth is what
might be expected from many Repuo-
licans-from Hawley or ingalls,, or
even Evarts. To have this from
Sherman, however, shows the insin'
cerity of the cause, and not the weak
ness of his intellect or the poverty OF
his resources. No man knows better
the folly of what he has been saying
than this same cool headed Sherman.
Never, even when at its best, rep
resenting the general American sen.
timent, the Republican party has
come to live upon policy of pluhder
and demagogism. Its later measures
for national development are simply
so many chapters in the history of
corruption, and if our readers care to
enter upon the details of Republican
rule, for several years at least, they
will beSound in reports Of Congress
sional committees of Investigation,
impeachment processes and criminal
proceedings at law for nalfeasance
in Office. The Treasury was robbed
in the holy name of emancipation.
Governments Of ignorance and ruf-
fsnism we're imposed upon the South
in the sacred cause of the Union, and
if MIR. Blaine had remained in the
control of our foreign affairs we
should have had one South American
war and perhaps another war with
England. So badly were our fnsn-
ees managed that nothing but unpre-
cedented material.prosperity kept US
from bankruptcy. The property fell
under the control of the mercenary
classes that follow all parties. In
time these classes came to command
it, under Mr.. Blaine, the. most bril-
liant leader known in American poll.
,ics since Aaron Burr. The wisdom,
the prudence, the patriotism. the
piety of the party gradually left it,
and the Jacobins took control-a con-
troll that is upcuestioned to-day. The
French Revolution passed from Ro-
land and Lafayette into the hands Of
Robespierre and Fouquier!Tinville.
The Republican party has passed
from Lincoln and Chase to Dorsey
and Jay Gould. In this history re-
peated itself, but it likewise repeated
itself by the country, in.the election
of Mr.. Cleveland, overthrowing a
domination Of brigands as irretrieva'
bly, as France overthrow the knaves
and madmen Of the mountain.
This is the way in which the Re-
publicans were removed from power.
When we are asked why they should
be restored, the answer is that every.
thing is TO be lost, nothing gained.
The country is now governed by
national party. For twenty-five
years it was impossible for the Pres
ident to 6nd a gentleman south of
Mason and Dixon's line to hold of.
fee. AS consequence, in great de.
partments of the government-in the
Supreme Court, diplomacy, the army
and the navy-departments where
personal character even more than
intellectual eminence is demanded, a
large part of the Union has for twenty
FIVE years had no representation.
The causes of this were unfortunate
and not always attributable to the
Republican Presidents, who would
gladly have had it otherwise. They
were causes all the same, which hap
PLY no longer exist. Our finances
were never on surer foundation
than now. All the merl ltorlous
achievements of the war have been
oonsecrased by the acceptance ofeVer3
-slass and condition Of man. There
has been q manifest advance towards
8 self:respecting civil service-if not
the whole cherry Of civil service re-
form, as we could have wished,
large part Of the cherry. We have
no wars, no rumors of war; and we
are rot troubling over. any renewed
war debt, or raising money to pay off
~ come indemnity to Crest Britain as